Hair drying



(No Model.) l

A.e. HBRRING. HAIR DRYNG APPLIANGB.

Patented Nom-11,1890.

UNITED STATES v PATENT OEETCEe ARTHUR OOOKSEY HERRING, OF UPPER HOLLOVAY, COUNTY OF MIDDLE- SEX, ENGLAND.

HAI R-DRYI NG PPLIANCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 440,153, dated November 11, 1890. Application led November '7, 1889. Serial No. 329,593. (No model.) Patented in England August 1'7, 1888,1To. 11,922.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ARTHUR CooKsEY HER- RING, a subject of the Orown of Great Britain, residing at No. 42 Elthorne Road, Up-

5 per Holloway, in the county of Middlesex,

England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hair-Drying Appliances, (for which I have obtained a patent in Great Britain, No. 11,922, dated August 17, 1888,) of

Io which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to means for drying the hair after shampooing, bathing, bleaching, dyeing, or the use of lotions. For this purpose I provide apparatus which may be adi 5 justed into position according to the height of the seated person whose hair is to ,be dried.

From the said apparatus upon which the hair is placed hot dry air issues and is supplied in such a manner as to circulate through the zo hair and penetrate to the head of the person,

as required.

The acccompanying drawing shows a side elevation of the apparatus.

The person whose hair is to be dried sits 2 5 in front of the apparatus which is then adjusted in position to bring the opening g of the dome-shaped part close to the head. The hair is carried over the combs hand for the purpose of extending the hair over as 3o large a surface as possible, the comb i being movable upon the bar l, so as to accommodate various lengths of hair. The metallic tube, forming the main partgof the apparatus, has an opening f at the lower part, is hollow throughout, and terminates in the semi- 3 5 spherical part open at g, upon which the hair is spread out for drying.

In the lower part of the apparatus I iit a Bunsen burner ly',which may be lit through an f opening m, covered in the usual way by an es- 4o cutcheon. This Bunsen burner induces a current of air which is heated during its passage through the apparatus and issues at g in a manner to circulate through the hair and penetrate to the head, quickly absorbing all 45 the moisture without any possibility of scorching the hair.

To render the application of the apparatus suitable to tall or short persons, it is fixed to a telescopic standard d e, governed by the 5o wing-gland nut c, and secured to a stand 7e, to which asupply of gas may be conveyed bya flexible tube attached to a cap and lining a.

W'hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Patent, is- 55 The apparatus for applying a current of hot dry air to the hair and to the head, consisting of a tubular body adjustable vertically, having a Bunsen burner within its base and combs upon which to spread out the hair to 6o be dried by the current of hot dry air induced to pass through the tubular body, subt stantially as hereinbefore described an shown.

ARTHUR OOOKSEY HERRING.

Witnesses:

A. J oNEs, H. MOY THOMAS. 

